Matthew Culley Email & Phone Number

Cape Canaveral, Fl, Us

El Segundo, California, Us

Aerospace Responsible Engineer (RE) for SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicle systems involving: avionics flight hardware, electrical systems, Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C), Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS), telemetry, lithium-ion batteries, electrical power and distribution, RF systems, flight software, flight controls, and Electrical Ground Support Equipment. Support Assured Access to Space (AATS).• Supported over 100 successful missions launched from either CCSFS Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40, KSC LC-39A or VSFB SLC-4E. This included National Security Space Launches (NSSL), Falcon Heavy (FH-2 to 9), NASA and civilian crew launches, commercial payloads, an In-Flight Abort test and static fire events.• RE or acting - Flight Technical Lead (FTL) on console in the Space Launch Delta 45th Multi-Vehicle Launch Support Center (MVLSC) during static fire and launch events. Generated associated quick look reports.• Produced launch site technical assessments involving launch vehicle processing, Astrotech clean room satellite integration, hardware refurbishment and re-use, hardware and software integration, Vehicle Hardware In The Loop (VHITL) testing, FTS End-to-End (E2E) testing, electrical checkouts, and post-test data reviews.• Performed independent anomaly assessments to include problem identification and resolution. • Contributed to certification efforts involving Falcon Heavy, re-use and re-flown launch vehicle hardware. Evaluated refurbishment specifications and procedures. Monitored and reviewed fleet surveillance activities.• Supported M-code full operational capability via GPS satellite launches. • Signed off Interface Control Document (ICD) verifications involving the satellite vehicle and EGSE interface.• Wrote various day of launch scripts to process near real-time vehicle and ground telemetry (Matlab, Excel)• Provided API statements to the NSSL Phase 3 Launch Service Procurement Performance Work Statement.

Poway, Ca, Us

Work on multiple R&D projects for the company, which includes new aircraft production support. Anticipate future engineering needs and modifications required to complete various company initiatives. Support production and field failure investigations CONUS and OCONUS. Resolve and disposition hardware build errors.• Established new capabilities for the company’s SIL and HIL by obtaining an annual capital budget (2018: $2.5 million dollars). Create drawings, BOMs, place orders, monitor budgets, work with subcontractors, design, build, emplace, test, troubleshoot, track and support various aircraft equipment racks and simulators.• Member of a small team who established the process to buyback Government scrap/PCARSS crashed aircraft. My duties include hands-on hardware evaluation and retrieval, inventory, tracking parts, applying markings, functional testing, troubleshooting, repairs, software loading, adding new cabling and LRUs to upcycle the system to the company’s latest aircraft configuration, and emplacement supporting various test efforts.• Co-author of an aircraft system level Production Test Procedure supporting the production of the company’s new MQ-1C Extended Range aircraft. Worked with SMEs, performed dry runs and first article testing.• Wrote Functional Verification Test plans, Radio Frequency Authorizations and provided on-site engineering support for E3 and environmental government tests involving MIL-STD-810G, 461G, 464G Eglin AFB, FL. • Collaborated with the company’s safety department to create and establish Hazardous Work Authorizations and training for the department, enabling the team to perform laboratory laser and radar operations.• Manage and maintain team’s virtual machines, simulators, lab computers, Wiki site and various test tools.

Poway, Ca, Us

Responsible for the coordination, execution and development of formal qualification system level test plans, production procedures, tools and reports in support of the fast-paced US Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System. Collaborated on various special projects. Represented the company as a prime technical contact at briefings, technical reviews and system level integration meetings. Periodically cross-trained pilots, payload operators, colleagues and mentored junior staff. Demonstrated extensive hands-on experience involving aircraft avionics, autopilot, flight controls, EO/IR multi-spectral targeting and tracking, propulsion, mission planning, STANAG 4586, diagnostics, Ground Control Stations, COMSEC, TCDL RF LOS & SATCOM, range safety, hardware integration and emplacement. Sought after Subject Matter Expert on multiple UAS subsystems. • Special projects contributor: U.S. Special Operations Command Expeditionary R&D, Quick Reaction Capability, interoperability demos and next generation aircraft first flight, Improved Gray Eagle.• Proven ability to lead teams of engineers, pilots and technicians in a high-demand government conducted Manned Unmanned Systems Integration Capability Exercise which involved multi-company interoperable teaming, providing enhanced situational awareness. Successfully completed 16SEP2011.• Reduced defective product deliveries to the war fighter by capturing and detecting flaws early in the product’s life-cycle. Generated test observation and issue reports, supported troubleshooting, resolution and closure.

Dulles, Virginia, Us

Provided project engineering and system engineering support to broad scope of solid rocket motor programs including missile defense tactical programs (KEI, SM-3 SDACS) and NASA man-rated programs (Orion LAS ACM). Specialized in electronic applications involving instrumentation, flight telemetry, guidance and control systems. Acted as intermediary for various technical working groups, presenting at on and off-site meetings, and managing contractors. Contributed to contract letters, scope sheets, cost estimates, procurements, interface control documents, test plans, drawings, work instructions, fault trees, engineering change orders, and procedures. Created and ran Test Readiness Reviews. Provided input to program schedules, test reports and product work packages for component deliveries. Travelled: 40%.- Collaborated on project teams that designed, built, tested and delivered multiple static rocket motors.- Led a static fire working group of multiple stakeholders through a government test site (AEDC) subcontract.- Helped successfully negotiate, contract, plan and execute an open air igniter test and TVC bench test.- Reviewed and provided electrical requirement verification and validation for a man-rated vehicle under challenging constraints that helped achieve a contract incentive fee award. - Created a Flight Termination System design guideline: RCC319-99, AFSPCMAN 91-710.

Dulles, Virginia, Us

Responsible for technical oversight on over 10 subsystem contracts and designing, procuring, building, integrating, and testing avionic systems for a multimillion dollar launch vehicle (ALV) capable of carrying 1,000 lbs to LEO. This involved electrical systems from telemetry, guidance, control, power, flight termination, tracking, and staging. Duties included: planning, conducting trade studies, subcontract setup and oversight, risk tracking, analysis, design, drawings, mockups, procedures, leading multidisciplinary reviews and teams, change orders, nonconformance resolution, rework orders, budget and schedule status, building, integrating, qualification testing, reporting and delivery. Travelled: 35%.- Successfully developed, built, tested and delivered a flight qualified avionics system including flight termination within 3 years, cutting 2 years off the typical development time required for a new launch vehicle. - Provided timely resolution to technical and programmatic challenges that presented themselves on subcontracts which enabled the delivery of quality products.- Adapted to changing program requirements in real-time, allowing for additional payload customers.- Independently acquired new skills, which helped open a new market segment for the company.

Dulles, Virginia, Us

Responsible for the Electrical Ground Support Equipment used to launch a sounding rocket payload (ATED). Duties included: design, procurement, marketing, subcontract technical oversight, vehicle and ground equipment integration and testing, troubleshooting, supporting reviews, implementing power distribution networks, training personnel, launch support, real-time telemetry data collection, post-processing and reporting. Travelled: 50%.- Successfully launched ATED from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on June 28, 2005. - Worked closely with the launch range on interface control documents, environmental testing, site integration, launch day countdown procedures and test operations to assure success.- Provided a test platform that transitioned from bench testing, through environmental and integration system testing, to real-time launch support. Personally assured equipment delivery.- Automated data post-processing of telemetry using .Net, saving the company four man hours per usage.

Dulles, Virginia, Us

Handled all aspects of the flight control research lab, managed weekly telecons with suppliers, conducted guidance and control tests utilizing embedded control systems. As a SM-3 thermal Analyst, combined rocket motor flight and post-test measurements to anchor classified theoretical flight and ground predictions. - Helped bring in millions of dollars of IRAD funds for growth of a launch vehicle technology.- Ensured classified systems compliance with NISPOM, resulting in clean audits with no findings. Saved the company more than $500,000 by preventing downtime on classified contracts.- Provided various thermal analysis results that helped resolve company’s liability on a satellite failure.- Automated custom analytical codes and created Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).

Champaign, Il, Us

- Created analytical models and conducted experiments of solid propellants- Directed wind tunnel testing for student projects and supported research efforts- Setup and assisted heat transfer testing of heat exchangers- Designed and programmed software to run autonomously, implementing voice recognition, results would be sent to various network servers, the codes would finally call (by phone) the end user for further instructions

Huntsville, Al, Us

- Implemented a Fabri-Perot interferometer Rayleigh scattered flow laser diagnostic technique for fluid flow measurements in a microwave thruster- Designed and programmed software to control/monitor tests and perform data reduction- Built a laser diagnostic advanced propulsion lab from scratch with the help of a Ph.D. colleague. Responsible for purchases, machining of parts, and installation. Helped manage day-to-day operations

Dayton, Oh, Us

- Designed rapid prototyping models using 3D modeling packages, manufactured, detailed rapid prototyped parts on SLS, SLA, LOM, FDM, and SM machines- Conducted research in the use of composite materials for rapid prototyping applications

Mechanical Engineering

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering